Pak-Germany trade witnesses over 78pc surplus in seven months.

Pakistan's goods and services trade with Germany witnessed a surplus of 78.25 percent during the first seven months of the current fiscal year (2022-23) as compared to the corresponding period of last year.

Trade surplus during the period under review was recorded at $455.423 million against $255.495 million last year, showing 78.25 percent growth.

The overall exports to Germany were recorded at US $1010.323 million during July-January (2022-23) against exports of US $992.295 million during July- January (2021-22), showing growth of 1.81 percent, SBP data revealed.

On a year-to-year basis, the exports to Germany also witness a nominal increase of 0.95 percent from $128.054 million in January 2022, against the exports of $129.277 million in January 2023.

Meanwhile, on a month-on-month basis, the exports to Germany dipped by 4.33 percent during January 2023 as compared to the exports of $135.137 million in December 2022, the SBP data revealed.

Overall Pakistan's exports to other countries witnessed a decrease of 7.40 percent in the seven months, from US $ 17.742 billion to US $ 16.429 billion, the SBP data revealed.

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